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Holding Tight, Letting Go

Note – This story is a little sad in some parts so you may need a tissue. It takes place the next morning after Dyson, Tamsin and Bo found Kenzi. Dyson is still under the doubt but its wearing off and Tamsin is a little OOC along with Kenzi. Bo is just worried about Kenzi at the moment and doesn't want to think about Trick told her. Also it will be from First person POV and 3rd Pov. Just to let ya know...

Also – Bo's Father is Vampire/Shadow...

!Attention! - I looked up the names for the Jumper but couldn't find out a name other then Jumbee... I did find out that I was no where near any of the names the person picked that wrote this but I thought my names fit them. LOL! I also know that They last name was Jenkins but in this story it's Dawner. Instead of Noah Jenkins, it will be Noah Dawner. Hope you still enjoy this chapter...Onward!

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~Jumbee's Thoughts~

Dyson's thoughts/Kenzi's thoughts

Dyson's wolf thoughts/ Nezi's thoughts.

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Chapter 22: Light Or Dark?

(Kenzi's Pov – In The Middle Of The Forest)

I could feel the anger slowly fading as the bodies were both uncovered. I grabbed Chris hands and pulled him down on his knees beside the 'graves'. The feeling of guilt flowed heavily in his veins as I held his hands. I could see that he truly felt sorry for what his ancestor did to this couple.

"I know this is going to sound crazy but I need you to bare with me." I told him as I took a piece of cloth that was in the grave and wrapped it around both our arms. "We need to bind their souls together. Since she's trusting me to do this, you and I will get 'married'." I could see the disbelief in his eyes. "It's not for us, its for them."

~His name was Noah.~ The Jumper, AKA Jumbee, whispered to me.

"Is she here?" Chris asked looking around everywhere, except me.

"Do you have anyone named Noah in your family?" I could see the gears churning in his head.

"Yeah." Chris answered with a nod. "So she is here?"

I nodded as I tried to keep her from coming forward. "She's inside me at the moment." I cut my eyes to the body of Noah. "She was to be his bride but because she could hold her breathe for a long time, the others thought her to be a witch."

"Is..." He swallowed as he looked me in the eye. "Is that the reason she has been killing people in my family?"

"Yes." I could slowly feel the anger building. "Do you Noah take me to be your wife to have and to hold, never to part?" I narrowed my eyes knowing that he needed to say something.

Chris may have understood because he swallowed. "I, Noah, take you to be my wife to have and to hold, never to part."

I could feel every piece of anger leave me as the Jumbee's spirit moved from my body and another spirit, that of Noah Dawner, appeared then hugged and then vanished from sight. Chris helped me to my feet as we headed back to the house. I knew that he would have questions because of the widening of the eyes as he watched as his ancestor and a woman appeared in a blue mist then vanished as if nothing happened. I headed into the living room. Sitting on the couch, I waited for the Dawner's to come back into the living room til I took off. I could feel that something was wrong but I didn't know what it was. It took no more then a few minutes before the family came into the living room and took their seats in front of me.

"What happened?" Chris asked wanting to know what was going on. "And what are you? I saw your eyes flash red just a little bit ago."

Do not tell him! Nezi snarled at me.

I wasn't planing on it. I mentally rolled my eyes at her. "You had a spirit haunting you because of the fact she was thought to be a witch." I came up with the story as I went. "Your ancestor, Noah Dawner, believed her to be innocent and was killed along with her. Through the years, her energy force has been building because of the anger and when she was strong enough, she was able to exact her revenge."

"And you?" Raven asked as she eyed me. "And can you not look at my dad like he's a hot dog?" She winked at me as I heard her mother gasp.

"Can you keep something to yourselves?" I leaned forward as I looked each of them in the eyes. "It could mean life or death. You have kept this a secret, so I don't think you will have a problem."

"We promise." Lily answered for the family as Chris cut his eyes over at his wife and daughter.

"I am a half vampire. I was born this way." I tilted my head to the side. "You have nothing to worry about. My mother was human." I could smell the fear rolling off in waves. "Although I could tell you that even if you told someone, they would lock you up for insanity."

"Like who would believe me?" Raven scoffed as she leaned back in the chair, crossing her arms. "That's why you're looking at my dad like that. You're thirsty."

I could only nod as I stood slowly. "Since I had to use a lot of energy in protecting you, I need to feed." I heard the father growl, rather good for a human, as he shot to his feet. "Don't worry, I wont feed on any of you. There was something else in the forest that smelled good." I thought back to the grounded man that wanted to suck my toe.

"Thank you for saving my family." The mother stood and walked in front of me. "May I hug you or is that pushing it?" I could sense her hesitation.

I shook my head as I hugged each of them, telling them good bye as I headed out the front door. I could see that even though they didn't know the whole story they got part of it and I couldn't smell any deceit from them thus I knew they would keep my secret. And they were right, what humans would believe there were indeed vampires, Fae and creepy crawlies walking among them. HA, they would shit themselves running. All I had to do was find the weirdo and feed then hurry home to my family. I could only hope that my pups were taken care of. I also wondered what kind of powers they got from their vampire side, my side.

(Bo's Pov – Spare Room – Dark Ash's Manor)

Hearing Mikael and Ali start to cry, I got up and headed over to their dual crib. It looked exactly like a normal crib yet it was wide enough for two babies. Although the two of them were growing rather big as of late. As I went to pick them up, the door opened and the Morrigan came strolling in as if she was given an invitation. I was shocked to see that Lochlyn was standing by her side. I thought that the Light and Dark Ashes were not allowed to intermingle. They walked over and peered down at Ali as I held Mikael. Lauren was at my side in an instant as soon as she realized they had come into the room.

"So these are the pups." Lochlyn said as he looked over at Mikael. "They are rather powerful."

The Morrigan nodded with a grin on her face. "Indeed they are." She turned to look me in the eyes. "This came for you."

She held out an envelope. I layed Mikael back in his crib and took the envelope. As soon as I opened it I was completely shocked as to the fact that it was a signed document that said I was aligned with the dark. Kenzi was also aligned with the dark as well as Zombie and Lucia. Macy, Dyson and Hale were aligned with the light. I was rather shocked when I saw the name Rainer on the witness line. Lauren grabbed it out of my hand and looked it over.

"What the hell is all this about?" I asked, my eyes flashing blue. "I didn't align myself with anyone."

Lochlyn shrugged as he gazed at me and Lauren. "It seems that Rainer is the only one who will be able to answer your questions." He turned to the Morrigan. "Should we also tell them who the new Light Ash is?"

"It's Trick." The Morrigan smiled as she looked at me. "The Una Mens have decided that Lochlyn hasn't done a good enough job thus they picked Trick to be the new Ash."

"What are they up to?" Lauren whispered as she looked down at Ali. "Do you even know who Rainer is?"

"The Wanderer." Lochlyn told us as he went over and held his arms out to Lauren, who held Ali. "Would you mind?"

"They wont but I would." A gruff voice came barreling into the room. I was shocked to see that Dyson was now standing in the room with his golden eyes locked on Lauren. "They're missing their mother."

He was beside Lauren, taking Ali and Mikael -who was lying in the crib, then went over to sit down. "Have they been fed?"

"We tried everything, Dyson." I told him walking over and kneeling next to him. "They wont take baby formula or anything else."

"You haven't tried Blood have you?" His eyes went back to normal as he looked between those in the room. "They are part vampire."

The Morrigan sighed and shook her head. "I should have seen this." She clicked her fingers. "Their blood will be brought up shortly. Animal or Human?"

"Mix it." Dyson said as his eyes landed on the Morrigan. "They're still to young to have one or the other."

"What did the Una Mens want?" Lauren asked remember why the pups were here in the first place. "Since your here and not there, I assume that you're free of them."

Dyson snorted. "Fuckers want me to pick a side again." His eyes came to mine as I cleared my throat holding out the papers the Morrigan handed to me. "What's that?"

"It seems they've already picked our sides." I snapped as I let him take the papers and turned, heading to the window.

I could hear Dyson snarl, "This is bull shit!"

I spun around as I locked eyes on Dyson's. "Oh really?" I tilted my head to the side. "How do you think Kenzi will take this? In fact have you felt her at all?"

"Yeah." He tossed the papers on the bed as he nuzzled his pups. "She's closer then she was the day before. I can actually feel her in this realm."

"We need to speak with Trick." Lauren said as she cut her eyes to Lochlyn. "He has a book that contains the names of every Fae, right?"

Lochlyn nodded as he turned to look at the Morrigan. "Of course but if he is the new Light Ash, the only one able to make the request is Dyson."

I could feel as if they were hiding something from me and I didn't like it one bit. I cut my eyes to Lauren and saw her nod her head. I snarled as I felt the succubus part of me rise to the surface. I knew my eyes were turning blue because Dyson quickly placed the pups back into their crib as he stood in front of it. I didn't understand what was going on but as I saw Lochlyn come forward, I could see that his eyes were locked on mine.

"Has she undergone her dawning?" He asked quietly as he kept his eyes on mine.

For some reason his gaze calmed me down enough. I knew he was a Fae that hand many heads but that was the only thing. In real life they would look like brothers that looked alike. I believed they had only 6 heads but I could be wrong.

"I gave her a drug to stop it from happening." Lauren popped up as she stood next to Dyson, slightly behind him.

"Then she needs to go through with it." The Morrigan said as she looked at me. "Although someone will need to go in there with her."

"And if I want to wait til Kenzi arrives back?" I was able to turn my eyes to the Morrigan. Her gaze also calmed me for some odd reason.

"You wont make it, Bo." Dyson said as he turned to look at Lauren. "Call Zombie, Lucia and Macy. I want them here while I go with Bo, through her dawning."

Lauren nodded as she pulled out her cell and dialed their number. Since they only had one they all used the same phone. I couldn't hear anything as I was locked into place. I felt as if my muscle's were locked but for some reason it calmed me. Both the Morrigan and Lochlyn were watching me and not adverting their eyes. The sounds around me was fading as I felt my eyes start to close. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Lucia and Zombie had arrived a lot faster then I thought. It was then that a blackness rolled through me, pulling me from the real world into another. My last thought was I could only hope that Kenzi would make it back because there was some weird shit going down.

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Author Note – Thanks for your wishes and it has gotten a little better. Even though the house we were trying to get was renting out from under us, We found a new one and it's a little cheaper then the one we saw first. XD! Now what do you think will happen? Why is Kenzi, Bo, Zombie and Lucia on the Dark? While Dyson, Hale and Macy are on the Light? And who is Rainer? Stay tuned til the next chapter, til then keep reading and reviewing...

~*Dragon*~